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Selecting Matching Approach and Match Resolution


You need to specify how to handle duplicates before importing a list.

To select a matching approach

  1. Navigate to the List Management screen > Lists view.
  2. In the Lists list, select your list.

    The following table describes some of the fields.

    Field
    Comments

    Additional Actions

    Assign to Campaigns, Responses, or Campaigns and Responses. Used whenever the import file contains campaign history or response data about contacts and prospects. For more information, see Campaign and Response Data.

    Cleanse Data During Import

    A check box for which the default is off. When this flag is checked, incoming records are cleansed by Siebel Data Quality. If your company has not licensed Siebel Data Quality, this feature is not functional.

    List Import Format

    Indicates the saved column sequence for the file. Formats can be reused across lists. For more information, see Applying List Import Formats.

    List Import Mode

    For descriptions, see Matching Approach and Match Resolution.

  3. Click the list name.
  4. Click the List Import view tab.
  5. Select a Matching Approach.

    The choices are:

    • Exact Matching Only. This option uses the fields marked as Exact Match Fields in the List Import Format and queries for any existing contacts or prospects that exactly match the values from the incoming record.
    • Intelligent Matching Only. This option uses the data quality matching service to search for matching contacts or prospects.
    • Exact and Intelligent Match. This option uses both exact matching and data quality matching. The option first searches for an exact match in the existing contacts and prospects, and then uses intelligent matching to search for matches if no exact match is found.
    • No matching. This option disables matching for the import job.
  6. In the Match Resolution drop-down list, select an action to apply.

    For more details, see Matching Approach and Match Resolution.

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